"Anytime
that you leave your credit card out of your sight," Spangler said. "Say you're
at a restaurant and the cashier swipes the credit card or whomever is swiping the
credit card, they're retaining that data."

Police
say the incident happened just one day after Christmas, the prime time for
thieves to commit this type of crime.

"The
frequency of you utilizing your credit card or debit card occurs much higher
during the holiday season, and according to my victim, this card was for
Christmas gift purchases," Spangler said.

What
can you do to protect yourself from credit card theft? Police have a few
suggestions:

A Portland man who watched a solar eclipse in 1963 says the experience left him partially blind in one eye, and now he wants everyone to know the warnings about eye damage during the upcoming eclipse are no joke.

A Portland man who watched a solar eclipse in 1963 says the experience left him partially blind in one eye, and now he wants everyone to know the warnings about eye damage during the upcoming eclipse are no joke.